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by Christie's

Best Apprenticeship Employer

Rating

9.8/10

1. Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:

In a day to day I help to manage our two shared inboxes and my own personal inbox to deal with and answer research and provenance enquiries from clients and internal colleagues.

10/10

2. Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?

Yes I have learnt a lot of new skills as I had never had any previous experience in this field before and I developed my existing Microsoft and research skills

10/10

3. To what extent do you enjoy your programme?

Very much so.

10/10

4. How well organised/structured is your programme?

Very well organised with clear dates and deadlines for projects

10/10

5. How much support do you receive from your employer?

My employer goes above and beyond to ensure that I am happy within the workplace and don’t have any problems

10/10

6. How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?

So much. They also have been going above and beyond to make sure that I understand everything and are always on hand to answer any questions I have

10/10

7. How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?

It allows me to bring new skills in to my workplace allowing me to maximise my potential in my role

10/10

8. Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)

Yes, a running club and lots of internal events put on such as cake sales, dumpling making class and different talks that you can attend. I would love to have some more company sports teams such as netball and rugby

8/10

9a. Would you recommend Christie's to a friend?

Yes

9b. Why?

It’s a great well known company to work for that exposes you to so many different people and different cultures and provides many opportunities to further and take your career in different directions

10. What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Christie's?

Be completely honest about yourself and don’t worry if you are not necessarily the biggest art fan as there are many non art based roles within the company and you’ll learn so much about it ok the job anyway